Winter Mini Challenge

Winter Mini Challenge

What is the Winter Mini Challenge?

A great confidence booster! The Winter Mini Challenge is a fun online challenge that encourages children to keep up their reading across December – February.  

It’s free to take part on wintermini.org.uk, where children can collect rewards for logging and reviewing books. Whatever your interest, it all counts.  

Unlock special badges and earn a certificate of achievement once you meet your reading goal!  

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Ready, Set, Read!

The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens bookcover
The Dog that Saved the World (Cup) bookcover
All to Play For bookcover
The Sky Beneath the Stone bookcover
Call the Puffins: Book 1 bookcover
Key Player bookcover
Last Girl In: Kerry-Ann Fights to Stay In The Game bookcover
You Vs the World: The Bear Grylls Guide to Never Giving Up bookcover
Move Like A Lion bookcover
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Our Research

More than 6000 children took part in the Winter Mini Challenge in 2023. 

More than 23,500 books were read during the 2023 Challenge.  

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More than 23,500 books were read during the 2023 Challenge

More than 6,000 children took part in the Winter Mini Challenge in 2023

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Get involved online

Children can take part on the official Challenge website. They’ll find lots of fun things there, including book recommendations, activity sheets, games, videos, and reading tips!  

The Winter Mini Challenge runs online from December to February but many libraries run free activities and events throughout the year. Ask the librarian when you go into your library to borrow your books.  

Resources

Lifecycle of a Plant Activity

Do you know how a tiny little seed becomes a fully grown plant?  Cut out the pictures in the activity sheet here, and match them…

'Is It a Seed?' Scavenger Hunt

Hold on tight - where will this mysterious little seed take us? Will it sprout into a lone flower? Or could it transform into something truly…

The Green Kingdom - Activity Pack

From Cornelia Funke, best-selling author of the Inkheart series, comes an enchanting tale of mystery, adventure and friendship.  Go beyond the page and enjoy an…

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